Secret Putin home on Finnish border revealed by drone – complete with £8,000 bidets and ‘stolen’ waterfall
Vladimir Putin has reportedly built a sprawling estate complete with bidets costing £8,000 each, a “stolen” waterfall and the framework for an air-defence system less than 20 miles from Russia’s border with Finland, The Telegraph reports.
The secretive complex is nestled deep in the forests of the northern region of Karelia, according to the Dossier Centre, a Russian investigative organisation which tracks various people associated with the Kremlin.
Leaked details and aerial footage of the estate, on the shores of Lake Ladoga’s Majalahti Bay, revealed it was protected by round-the-clock security, barbed-wire fences, intelligence officers and drone jammers.
Russia threatened to take “counter-measures” against Finland in April last year after it applied to join Nato.
The estate houses three properties known as The Barn, The Fisherman’s Hut and The Garden House.
Leaked details previously suggested the extravagant properties are decorated with expensive bidets, shower heads costing £3,500 apiece and a floor made from Fior di Bosco Italian marble worth £85,000.
Putin is believed to travel to the estate at least once a year, according to residents.
